No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 547 



gonia interrogationis, P. progne, Euvanessa antiopa, (Chryso- 

 phanus) He odes hypophlccas, Thymelicus cernes, Telea 

 polyphemus. 



T. spilosomatis Ash mead. 



Polished black, impunctate, the thorax with a fine microscopic 

 pubescence. Female: antennae black, the flagellum dark brown; 

 legs piceous brown; the trochanters, knees, apices of tibiae, and 

 the tarsi pale brownish yellow. Male with the antennae pale 

 brown, the legs pale brownish yellow with black coxae. Length 

 0.6 mm. 



Parasitic in the eggs of Diacrisia virginica. 

 T. heliothidis Ashmead. 



Smooth black, impunctate. Female: antennae dark brown, 

 the flagellum twice as long as the scape, the pedicel stout, as 

 long as the first two flagellar joints together; legs dark brown, 

 the tarsi pale. Male antennae with the flagellum three times the 

 length of the scape; pedicel and first flagellar joint equal; bases 

 of tibiae yellowish. Length 0.6 mm. 



Parasitic in the eggs of the corn ear worm (Heliothis obso- 

 leta). 



T. orgyiae Fitch. 



Black, shining; the thorax microscopically punctate, with a 

 fine sericeous down ; head a little more than three times as wide 

 as thick ; face highly polished ; eyes pubescent ; thorax very con- 

 vex ; legs black or piceous brown ; trochanters, knees, tips of tibiae 

 and tarsi pale. Length 0.8 mm. 



Parasitic in the eggs of the white-marked tussock or vaporer 

 moth (Hemerocampa leucostigma). 



T. ichthyurae Ashmead. 



Black, shining, impunctate ; the thorax covered with a fine 

 microscopic pubescence. Head wider than the thorax, the face 

 smooth and polished, female flagellum one and one-half times the 

 length of the scape. Female: legs piceous brown; the coxae 

 black, trochanters, knees, base and apex of tibiae, and tarsi 

 honey-yellow. Male legs, except coxae, pale brownish yellow. 

 Length 0.6 mm. 



Parasitic in the eggs of Melalopha inclusa. 

 T. bifidus Riley. 



Black, shining, the thorax microscopically punctulate and 

 covered with a fine white pubescence. Head as broad as the 



